“I'll do what Dr. Alsan always says.' 'And what's that?' 'Carry myself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.' He grinned, and- there they were. The heart-stopping dimples. 'It will be fine, Olive.' His smile softened. 'And if not, at least it will be over.” LoveFeminismConfidenceAnxietyMediocreInadequacy Book:The Love Hypothesis Source: The Love Hypothesis
“She was going to lose her visa and her only source of income and move back to Canada, where it snowed all the time and people ate moose heart and—” AnxietyOverthinkingSlippery Slope Book:The Love Hypothesis Source: The Love Hypothesis
“The therapist I once talked with but never went back to, because the copay was too steep even with Dad's health insurance, would probably call this wallowing. Unhealthy. Destructive. But I'm not so sure. I treasure my newfound feelings, Hoard them. Every once in a while I study them, turn them around, squint at them like they're a ripe piece of fruit, plucked from a mysterious tree that shouldn't even be growing in my yard. When I pop them in my mouth to swallow them whole, they taste bitter and delicious.” DepressionAnxietyWallowRuminate Book:Love, Theoretically Source: Love, Theoretically